[mythtv-users] Can't mute, can't change 6cg AC3 volume, audio volume shift on play

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Wed May 25 18:29:26 UTC 2005


On Friday 20 May 2005 20:48, Sasha Z wrote:
> Stuff that works:
> Video playback (recorded, live, mythvideo, etc)
> Multichannel audio playback
> 
> Stuff that is annoying:
> Can't mute and actually get 0 audio output, and can't set volume
> slider to 0 and get no audio
> When playing or unpausing mythtv's internal player, the volume starts
> very low and then goes to normal after a split second. This is also
> very annoying when paused in the middle of dialog.
> 
> Stuff that's thoroughly broken:
> 5.1 AC3 playback on DVD's or DVD rips - the volume control doesn't do
> squat. Minimum volume is exactly the same as maximum volume, and I
> have to get up and us the darned speaker knob to change the volume -
> which means I have to get up again and unchange it when my video is
> done playing, or whenever I just want to change the volume ( which is
> very often ).
> 
> My playback hardware:
> NVIDIA MCP-T (soundstorm) using analog speakers plugged into the
> straight up analog ports on the back of an NF7-S.
> 
> I would appreciate any input on these issues...
> Thanks!

A number of folks have been unable to get volume control working on 
nForce2 sound.  I gave up on mine for now; just using the TV's volume 
control.

-JAC


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